Sanitary cuspidor



May 26, 1925.

J. T. H CLOUTER SANITAR cUsPIDoR Filed Aug. 14. 1924 U.' ZaavZer/f Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATE-s JOSEPH 'r'. H. onou'rr'nn, on WATER'VILL', MAIN.

SANITARY ensei-non.

Application filed August 14, 1924. Serial No. 732,013.

To all 'whom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. H. CLoUTrnu, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at IVaterville, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the art of cuspidors, the primary object of the invention being in the provision of an article of this character that is particularly adapted for association with railway cars, automobiles and like vehicles, whereby the matter that is discharged therein may be readily dumped therefrom and this at every time that the closurel door of the cuspidor is moved to a closed position.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a cuspidor that includes a hinged bottom wall and a sliding closure door, being so operatively associated with each other that when the sliding door is moved to open position, the hinge door will close, and when said sliding door is moved to closed position, said hinged door will open for allowing the contents to drop therefrom.

An additional object is to provide a cuspidor of this character that is relatively cheap in construction. and efficient in operation, and one that may be associated with the foregoing mentioned types of carriers in a novel, simple and inexpensive manner.

lilith the foregoing and other objects in view, as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view partly in cross section of a cuspidor constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof also partly in cross section.

Now, having particular reference to the drawing, 5 designates the floor of a railway car, automobile or similar vehicle, that is provided with a circular opening, upon opposite sides of which are dove tailed shaped shoulders 6 6 formed by providing a longitudinally extending ,channel way in the top surface of the floor extending across the said opening.

Supported in a convenient manner beneath the opening of the floor 5, is a conical shaped metallic receptacle 7, provided at its lower open end with a hinged door 8, formed at its edge and upon its inner surface with a circular panel for receiving a packing ring 9 that engages the lower open end of the receptacle, when said door is closed, for an obvious purpose.

Freely slidable within the longitudinal channel of the floor 5 is a door 10, provided with an operating knob 11,whereby the same may be moved to an opened or closed position. The under surface of said door is formed at one edge with rack teeth 12 that have mesh with the teeth of a spur gear 13, upon one end of a shaft 14 journaled in a bearing 15, formed upon the receptacle 7. This spur gear, in turn has mesh with another spur gear 16, mounted in a manner similar to the spur gear 13. Said gear 16 in turn is in mesh with a gear 17, also suitably journaled to the receptacle through the medium of a shaft which affords the pin member of a hinged connection between the aforementioned door 8, it being obvious that as the sliding jaw 10 is moved to open position, the train of gears will be so operated upon, as to move the door 8 in closed position. A movement of the sliding door 10 on the other hand, when the slide door 10 vis moved to close position as shown in thetigures, said door 8 will poen, for allowing the contents of the receptacle to discharge therefrom.

For maintaining the slide door 10 in either open or closed position there is provided a spring pressed pin 18, that is adapted to engage within notches adjacent the forward and rear ends of said slide door, in an obvious manner.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art, that I have provided a highly novel, simple and etilcient'form of cuspidor for use upon trains, automobiles, and similar vehicles, and one that will beA of a highly sanitary nature, and one that will not require the constant emptying and cleaning, as is necessary in the use of cuspidors now known.

Minor changes may be made in the invention, without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asfnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

Aouspidor comprising a receptaclel srovided at its lower end with a hin ed oor edge portions disposed beyond the side ed es p of the receptacle, a rack carried at one e ge the opposite edge portion of the slidable p door.

In testimony whereof I alx my signature.

JOSEPH T. H. CLOUTIER. 

